Proto-Indo-European

*péth₂eti

‘to fly’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti.

25 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti, most familiar first.

• compete ← competer ← competere ← petō
• petition ← peticiun ← petitio ← petō
• competent ← competens ← competō ← petō
• competitor ← compétiteur ← competō ← petō
• perpetual ← perpetuel ← perpetuel ← perpetuālis ← perpetuus
• repetition ← repetītiō ← repetō ← petō
• impetus ← impetō ← petō
• perpetuate ← perpetuātus ← perpetuō ← perpetuus ← petō
• perpetuity ← perpetuitee ← perpetüité ← perpetuitās ← perpetuus
• petulant ← petulāns ← petō
• impetuous ← impetueux ← impetuōsus ← impetus ← impetō
• petulance ← petulantia ← petulāns ← petō

More words from *péth₂eti

• impetigo
• petechia
• appetence
• appetible
• appetition
• cerebripetal
• compital
• competitrix
• impetigines
• impetiginous
• petitor
• repetitio
• suppeditate
• repeat

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti